A total of 5,15,355 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported by the States and Union Territories as on March 9, 2022, Minister of State in Health Ministry, Bharati Pravin Pawar, said in her response in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. She was responding to a question by Member of Parliament Abir Ranjan Biswas on the number of COVID-19 victims from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maharashtra (1,43,745), Kerala (66,374), Karnataka (40,004), Tamil Nadu (38,019), Delhi (26,139), Uttar Pradesh (23,485) and West Bengal (21,181) head the list of COVID-19 deaths, as per the information submitted in Parliament.
The Minister added that, according to the information provided by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), by February 21, 2022, a total of 16.29 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses had been supplied by India to 98 countries. These vaccines were supplied in the form of grants-in-aid, commercial sales by Indian manufacturers, and through vaccine alliance GAVI’s COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access) facility.
